This is a good article about Charlie Munger and the art of picking stocks. This is just one quote from the article:
“Everyone has the idea of owning good companies. The problem is that they have high prices in relations to assets and earnings, and that takes all of the fun out of the game. If all you needed to do is to figure out what company is better than others, everyone would make a lot of money. But that is not the case. They keep raising the prices to the point when the odds change. I always knew that, but they were teaching my colleagues that the market is so efficient that no one can beat it. I knew people in Omaha who beat the pari-mutuel system. I never went near a business school, so my mind wasn't polluted by this craziness. People are trying to be smart-all I am trying to do is not to be idiotic, but it's harder than most people think.”
